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Augsburg
College Mathematics Colloquium Series
Michael Conklin
Chief Methodologist, Advanced Analytics
Michael Conklin is a marketing research veteran and analytical methodology pioneer with over 20 years experience. Michael has deep experience in advanced analytics and is a Bayesian research modeling expert. In his capacity at MarketTools, Michael leads the advanced analytics teams and personally consults with clients on strategic research issues, providing sound analytical recommendations leading to deeper insights. Prior to joining MarketTools, Michael served as Senior Vice President, Analytic Services for one of the top five global marketing research firms where he was instrumental in developing key analytical procedures for customer satisfaction, brand equity and product development. He is a frequent speaker at the American Marketing Association’s Annual Advanced Research Techniques Forum as well as at the American Statistical Association’s Joint Statistical Meetings conference. In addition, Michael has written numerous papers on research methodologies and applications for key marketing publications such as Marketing News and Marketing Research Magazine as well as numerous statistical journals.
Colloquium is held at 3:40 p.m. in Oren 111.
We also keep an archive of previous talks.
Here is a list of the talks from the 2007-2008 academic
year:
Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Michael Conklin, Advanced Analytics
Wednesday, April 2, 2008: Trevor Floren & Billy Helm, Augsburg College
"Gender and money in tennis" & "Art by numbers"
Wednesday, March 12, 2008: Michael Weimerskirch, St. Olaf College
"How to bake the real numbers from scratch: an introduction to surreal analysis"
Wednesday, February 27, 2008: Matthew Haines, Augsburg College
"An Introduction and Application of Voting Theory and Apportionment"
Wednesday, December
5, 2007: Urmila Malvadkar, St. Olaf College
"Using differential equations
to bridge the divide between conservation and economics"
Wednesday, November 28, 2007: Fermat's Last Theorem -- The
Nova Special
Wednesday, November 7, 2007: Fred Hulting, General Mills
Wednesday, October 24, 2007: James
Hodges, University of Minnesota
"Life in biostatistics: Can
Pre-Term birth be reduced by treating peridontal disease?"
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007: John
Zobitz, Augsburg College
"Carbon cycling in a high-elevation forest"
"Odd-boiled Eggs"
Here is a list of the talks from the 2006-2007 academic
year:
Wednesday,
April 18th, 2007: Daniel Kaplan, Macalester College
"Practically Effective
Statistics"
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007: Lava K.C., Augsburg College
"Two Player Bulgarian Exchange"
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007: Cory Nathe, Augsburg College
"Disambiguation of the DBLP Database."
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007: Adam Roesch, Ing Group
"A few actuarial problems (other than interest and death)."
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007: William Cooper, University of
Minnesota
"How do Airlines Set Ticket Prices?"
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007: Aaron Luttman, Bethany
Lutheran College
"Using Video to Understand Leaf Breathing"
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006: Richard Järvinen,
Winona State University & NASA
"Reliability in N-Dimensional Aerospace: Orbit Determination"
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006: Tracy Bibelnieks, Augsburg
College
"Lowland Elves Shop for Mathematics? Why not!"
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006: Matt Haines and Ken Kaminsky,
Augsburg College
"A Geometric Approach to Voting Theory"
"Why is it so hard for elves to get health insurance?"
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006: Loren Larson, St. Olaf College
"Knights Tours using Euler's Method"
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006: Amelia Taylor, Colorado
College
"From Fish to Polynomials"
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006: Huseyin Coskun, Augsburg
College & School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
"Ameboid Cell Motility: A Model and Inverse Problem, with an
Application to Live Cell Imaging Data"
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006:
"The Augsburg Mathematics Department presents itself"
Here is a list of the talks from the 2005-2006 academic year:
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006: Danrun Huang, St. Cloud State
University,
"Honeybees and Fibonacci Identities"
Wednesday, March 15, 2006: Cindy Kaus, Metro State
University,
"Differential Forms: What are they and how can we apply them
in physics?"
Wednesday, Febuary 8, 2006: Terrance Hurley, University of
Minnesota,
"Fermat’s Economists Are Scientists Too"
Wednesday, January 25, 2006: The NOVA Special,
"Fermat’s Last Theorem"
Wednesday, November 30, 2005: Sayra Smith, Richard Garnett
& Julie Falbo
"Service Opportunities for Students"
Wednesday, November 9, 2005: Jennifer Geis, Augsburg College
"Option Pricing Made Cents"
Wednesday, October 26, 2005: Blake Boursaw, Augsburg College
"The Noble Path of Problem Solving"
Wednesday, October 12, 2005: Juan Pablo Trelles, University
of Minnesota
"Service Learning in Action: The Peru Project"
Wed., Sep 28, 2005: Stephen Willson, Iowa State University
"Some mathematical issues in reconstructing evolutionary
history from DNA"
Wed., Sep 14, Ken Kaminsky, Augsburg College:
"Kosher Eggs/Images of Spain "
Here is a list of the talks from the 2004-2005 academic
year:
Wed., Apr 27, Danny Kaplan, Macalester College:
"The Dynamics of Heart Rate Variability "
Wed., Apr 13, Dr. Brenda Kroschel, University of St. Thomas:
"Extended Interlacing Intervals"
Wed., Apr 6, Matt Richey, Professory of Mathematics, St.
Olaf College:
"Great Expectations or what to expect when watching a
baseball game. "
Wed., Mar 7, Tracy Bibelnieks, Blake Boursaw, and Matthew
Haines, Augsburg College:
"Three Slices of Pi "
Wed., Feb 23, Dr. Brian Loe, Lockeed Martin Corp.:
"Ocean Acoustics"
Wed., Feb. 9, Terrance Hurley, University of Minnesota:
"Math & Statistics: What makes economics the queen of the
social sciences"
Wed., Jan. 26, Nicholas Coult, Augsburg College:
"Multiscale Mathematics"
Wed., Dec 15, Wendy Winkler & Bill Weaver, 3M Corp.:
"Calculus in the Real World"
Wed., Dec. 1, Dr. Radka Turcajova,
University of St. Thomas:
"What's inside a digital camera and Photoshop? Mathematics!"
Wed., Nov. 10, Steve Fredlund, Thrivent Financial:
"Actuarial Modeling: Life in the Heels of an Actuary"
Wed., Oct. 27, Andy Mack, Telluride Asset Management:
"Reward Versus Risk and Portfolio Optimization"
Wed., Oct. 13, Kevin Anderson, Carlson Marketing Group
"Statistics and Analysis at Carlson Marketing Group -Using
Quantitative Techniques to Drive Business Results"
Wed. Sep. 29, Dan Wolf, Augsburg College:
"Hot Southern Mathematics"
(pdf, 408 KB)
Wed., Sep. 8, "Introduction to the Department and Colloquium."
Here is a list of speakers for the 2003-2004 academic year:
Wed., Apr. 14, Tim Bancroft, Augsburg College:
"Bulgarian Exchange: Where Does It End?"
Wed., Mar. 31, Su Dorée, Augsburg College:
"Euler's Extraordinary Evaluation of Σ 1/n²."
Wed., Mar. 3, Tom Sibley, St. John's University:
"Donut Coloring or Toroidal Chromography."
Wed., Feb. 18, Kevin Sanft ('02), Mayo Clinic:
"My Role as a Data Analyst and Advice for Math Majors."
Wed., Feb. 4, Mark S. Kaiser, Iowa State University:
"The Many Faces of Probability in Statistical Analyses."
Wed., Jan. 21, Ioanna Mavrea, Augsburg College:
"Forty thieves and other conundrums."
Wed., Dec. 3, Glen Medeen, University of Minnesota:
"What is the 'center' of an asymmetric distribution?"
Wed., Nov. 19, Randy Erdahl, Decision Intelligence, Inc.:
"Asset Allocation."
Wed., Nov. 5, Andrew Pole & Eric Bibelnieks Guest Research and
Analytics for Target.Direct, Target Corporation:
"Learn how to earn fabulous discounts and offers from Target™"
Wed., Oct. 8, Gerrard Carlson, Guidant Corporation:
"Two-Dimensional Heart Rate Variability Footprint"
Wed., Sept. 24, Dan Wolf and Kailash Thapa, Augsburg College.
"Numerical Methods for Wave Modeling and Parallel
Computational Techniques"
Wed., Sept. 10, Joan Hutchinson, Macalester College.
"Which maps (and graphs) need only two or three colors?"
Following is the list of talk from the 2002-2003 academic year:
Wed. Sept. 25 Anne Goldman, University of Minnesota
"Biostatistics and Stem Cell Transplantation Research."
Wed. Oct. 9 Steve McKelvey, St. Olaf College
"Transportation Network Design: Who Says Common Sense is Good
Thing?"
Wed. Oct. 23 Jay Goldman, University of Minnesota
"Counting: Something Old - Something New."
Mon. Nov. 4 Ken Kaminsky, Augsburg College
"What is an Actuary?"
Wed. Nov. 20 Michael Kac, University of Minnesota
"Mathematics and Language."
Wed. Dec. 4 Loren Larson, Carleton College
"Wood Block Puzzles."
Wed. Jan. 29 Steve Morics, University of Redlands
"Mathematics Done Right, or How I Learned What a Genetic
Decomposition Is."
Wed. Feb. 12 David Molnar, St. Olaf College
"To Infinity...and Beyond!"
Wed. Feb. 26 Tracy Bibelnieks, Augsburg College
"Using Operations Research to Lighten the Load of Your
Friendly Neighborhood Postman(woman) ."
Wed. Mar. 12 Laura Chihara, Carleton College
"Mathematics and the Buckyball"
Wed. Mar. 26 Tracy Bibelnieks, Matt Haines, & Ken Kaminsky,
Augsburg College
Preview of fall courses.
Wed. Apr. 9 Augsburg Students
Kirsten Halvorson and Jon-Erik Hokenson.